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I form the light, and create darkness; I make peace, and create evil. I am Jehovah, that doeth all these things.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

I form the light, and create darkness - Light, in the Bible, is the emblem of knowledge, innocence, pure religion, and of prosperit…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

I make peace, and create evil ... —The words have no bearing on the insoluble problem of what we call the origin of evil.…

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and there is none else. I form t…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

Forming light. It is as if he had said that those who formerly were accustomed to ascribe everything either to fortune or to idols will ac…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

I form the light, and create darkne Natural light, or that light which was produced at the first creation, and of which the sun is…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

There is no God besides Jehovah. Nothing is done without Him. He makes peace, which here signifies all good; and He creates evil (not the evil of s…

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